Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-08-28
(HNoa Wednesdays Daily.I
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has been covered With plush.
II uas raped In slumber." said Ii,
tramp. - the policeman hit him With I
club.
TWenty-one thousand dollars have
lain unclaimed in . Hartford saving,
tank for twenty years.
A diamond estimated to be worth
from 1900 to 1900 Was found lately
ear..Gainesville, Ga.
COL J. b. Moore, Of Ruby Valley, IL
in own to-day. He will ship three CD,
loads Of beef cattle to Ban Francisco
from Halleck to-day.
Mrs. Mackay has almost been penua.
ded by Lady Burdett-C outts to join the
latter in n great philanthropic scheme
to assist London's starving poor.
Attorney ]. L. Wines, of Eureka, will
go to Ogden tonight 10 meet his son
Melvin who will return FROM Butte City
to-day Ell route to Ann ArbOr, Michi-
gan.
Reno Iournal:-Senator voorhees, ex-
presses his satisfaction With tn. progress
which the Administration has made in
removing Republicans from Office in In.
diana.
The largest man in the world is Henry
A. Cooper. Of Lockport. n. Y, who is 8
feet 2 inches in height and weighs $50
pounds. His hand is IL inches and his
foot IL inches long.
Eureka Sentinel:-J. l.. Wines Esq.
left for Elko yesterday to apply to tile
Court there for a writ Of hnbens corpus
for the release on bail Of Griffith, the
man who killed KHppeler,:: at Carlin a
few weeks ago.
A big scheme is on foot in the EAst,
by which il il proposed to consolidate
all the distilleries OF the country, making
n combination more powerful than the
STANDARD Oil Company. and having a
capital stock Of sac, 900, 600.
Judge A. L. Fitzgerald left for VIM
emucca yesterday, Gays the Eureka
Sentinel, to hold court there. As all
incident OF the trip he will probably go
To Elko. to hear the petition Of Griffith.
the slayer Of Knppeler, to be admitted
10 bail. aud will return to Eureka on
Saturday next.
Chicago Tribune:-''See the capitol
lists riding along in their fine carriages"
yelled a specialist speaker mt a meeting
in n Chicago suburb the other evening.
Where. I ask you. are our horses and
cnrriages?" "S'Ioonkeeper's drivin'
mine around" responded a red.nosed
reformer Of society, with deep detection,
aud the orator changed the subject.
The Washington bellies have intro
duced the cane AS the latest fashion
able fad A week ago a young damsel Il
Washington society returned from Eng
land carrying this appendase. A nice
little stick, with a shepherds crook Of
hammered silver. A regular little DO
Peep affair. Sometimes she swung it,
and sometimes she gave a Gmart rap
with it upon the pavement.
Reno Gnzette:-It Is believed by the
State Board OF Education hat the atten-
dance at the State University this year
will be much larger than heretofore.
Application for admission thereto has
been made by prospective pupils from
nearly every part Of the State. II the
friends OF education throughout the
State will now encourage the home
training Of Nevada children, under
Ohio's former educational leader and
Schoolmsster General. the University
will become n model institution.
Gazette:-Hon. W. II. Havenor. who
so successfully represented Nevada at
the New Orleans Exposition, is reported
as being willing to make a mineral dis.
play at the State Fair. Should Mr..
Haveuor interest himself in this dircc.
ton, there is no man in tho State able
to make n better display than he. His
knowledge of the various minerals and
where they are TO be found would en-
able him to make a collection in n short
time. Should he undertake the work j,
will lie we'll done, and there would not
be the beggarly exhibit Of Nevada's
leading wealth and industry that has
been in yeuFa uone nv